arumekun luke-jr # emerge clean kde-base/arts selected: 1.1.1 protected: 1.1.2 omitted: none >>> Packages in red are slated for removal. >>> Packages in green will not be removed. >>> Waiting 5 seconds before starting... >>> (Control-C to abort)... >>> Unmerging in: 5 4 3 2 1 >>> Unmerging kde-base/arts-1.1.1... No package files given... Grabbing a set. *hanging foreverness* Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: Portage 2.0.48_pre6 (default-x86-1.4, gcc-3.2.2, glibc-2.3.2-r1) ================================================================= System uname: 2.4.20-gentoo-r3 i686 Pentium III (Coppermine) GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://gentoo.oregonstate.edu/ http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/gentoo" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /var/qmail/control /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb /usr/kde/3.1/share/config /usr/share/config" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/env.d" PORTDIR="/home/luke-jr/src/gentoo-x86" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="" USE="x86 3dnow libg++ libwww mikmod mmx spell gdbm berkdb slang readline arts tcpd pam ssl esd imlib ldap aalib acl acpi alsa apm avi cdr cjk crypt cups dvd encode ethereal gif -gnome gpm -gtk -gtk2 -gtkhtml imap ipv6 java jpeg kde maildir mbox -motif mozilla mpeg mysql ncurses nls oggvorbis opengl oss -pcmcia pdflib png python qt quicktime samba sdl slp snmp svga tiff truetype usb X xml2 xmms xv zlib -perl canna tcltk" COMPILER="gcc3" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-march=pentium3 -O3 -pipe" CXXFLAGS="-march=pentium3 -O3 -pipe" ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86 ~x86" MAKEOPTS="-j7" AUTOCLEAN="yes" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" FEATURES="sandbox buildpkg noclean ccache"
Created attachment 12184 [details] strace -o arts-stat.tb -f emerge -C arts
Also note this occurs no matter what package it is trying to clean.
Problem seems to have resolved itself sometime when I had my system emerging world in parellel (started 10 Konsole tabs with each package)... Not sure what caused or fixed it, though. Marking WORKSFORME, since the bug likely still exists, but just can't be recreated anymore.